DROLL

Droll

A droll is a short comical sketch of a type that originated during the Puritan Interregnum in England. With the closure of the theatres, actors were left without any way of plying their art. Borrowing scenes from well-known plays of the Elizabethan theatre, they added dancing and other entertainments and performed these, sometimes illegally, to make money. Along with the popularity of the source play, material for drolls was generally chosen for physical humor or for wit.

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droll

Noun

  1. A buffoon

Verb

  1. To joke, to jest.

Adjective

  1. oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish


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